Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12214

Parliament fails to define its position on trade negotiation mandates with Washington

Brussels, 14/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

In a plenary vote on Thursday 14 March in Strasbourg, the European Parliament failed to agree on the conditions for launching limited trade negotiations with the United States.

By rejecting this non-binding resolution by 198 votes to 223 with 37 abstentions, Parliament fails to send a clear signal to the other institutions on the way forward for future negotiations with Washington on a mandate for a trade agreement limited to market access for non-agricultural products and another...